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AntiGravity's Crash Test Dummies

What's It All About?

 

AntiGravity’s Crash Test Dummies is a story about misfits who find joy and meaning in fulfilling their purpose.

Our story takes place in the basement of The “Extreme Product Testing Center”.  It is a warehouse where all products that are marketed to the public are tested for safety, durability and usefulness. The basement level is dedicated to the testing of common household products.  Every new-fangeled piece of equipment and new invention must be put to the test before it can go on the market. Our Dummies, whose methods often defy logic, are those who do the testing.

Our Dummies aspire to testing automobiles, considered the most prestigious of all testing.  It is the ultimate fulfillment of their destiny.  That ranking, however, must be earned.   The lowest-level Dummies who have been rejected from serious testing, are required to test household products.  These products range from deodorant to motorized skateboards, from bed sheets to jumping boots, from perfume to chain saws to blow up sex dolls.  Each product test winds up a production number, alive with acrobatics, dance, sports action and playful comedic physicality.  The Dummies’ unorthodox methods are far from efficient providing great fodder for amusement as personalities clash, love interests develop and competitiveness enters into the mix.

The Foreman (antagonist) is a tough drill sergeant type who keeps the Dummies in line.  A male chauvinist with an eye for the girls, he is feared by all.  His ally is the dreaded Rejector Robot whose task is to recycle those Dummies who are not effective.  The Dummies are constantly plotting a revolt but lack the brainpower to be successful.  Escaping the recycling bin and eventually destroying the robot provides dramatic urgency and a cause for dramatic combat scenes.

A new human Janitor (protagonist) arrives on the scene (Buster Keaton type).  He falls in love with Squeak (young Lucille Ball type), a rejected Dummy doomed for destruction.  Just in the nick of time he saves her from the recycling bin and teaches her about subtle sensations.  He also proves himself capable when she gets caught in a conveyor belt.  Together their love is the catalyst to bring about a much-needed change.   In a slapstick combat routine, our hero ultimately destroys the evil Rejector Robot and switches jobs with the evil Foreman.  Together with Squeak, their love produces the “perfect product” -- a hybrid child.  Destiny has been fulfilled, good has won over evil and a giant celebration ensues involving the audience.

 

 

 

 

 

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